''The Street'' is a collection of short stories by
Mordecai Richler. It was originally published by
McClelland and Stewart in 1969. The stories take place on
Saint Urbain Street in
Montreal.
Contents
*Introduction by Mordecai Richler
*"Going Home Again"
*"The Street"
*"The Summer My Grandmother Was Supposed to Die"
*"The Red Menace"
*"The Main"
*"Pinky's Squealer"
*"Bambinger"
*"Benny, the War in Europe, and Myerson's Daughter Bella"
*"Making It with the Chicks"
*"Some Grist for Mervyn's Mill"
*"The War, Chaverim, and After"
Film adaptation
In 1976, the title story ''The Street'' was adapted as an
animated short
Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most anima ...
by the
National Film Board of Canada. Directed by
Caroline Leaf, the film was nominated for an
Academy Award for Animated Short Film.
Television adaptations
In 1979, CBC aired an award-winning (1980
Genie Award
The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978; also known as the "Etrog Awards," for scu ...
s) television movie ''
The Wordsmith
''The Wordsmith'' is a 1979 Canadian television film directed by Claude Jutra. It is an autobiographical piece, which brings to life the wondrous wizardy of master wordsmith Vandna Lakhanpal. Based on a screenplay by Mordecai Richler, the film st ...
'', adapted by Mordecai Richler from several stories in his book. The film was directed by
Claude Jutra, and starred
Saul Rubinek and
Janet Ward
Janet Ward (February 19, 1925 – August 2, 1995) was an American actress. She appeared in the films ''Fail Safe'' (1964), ''The Anderson Tapes'' (1971) and '' Night Moves'' (1975). She appeared in the television series ''Alfred Hitchcock Present ...
.
"Bambinger" was adapted by
Atlantis Films
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as one of the first episodes of the ''
Global Playhouse'' anthology television series.
References
External links
Watch the animated short ''The Street'' online
1969 short story collections
Books by Mordecai Richler
New Canadian Library
Short stories adapted into films
Canadian short story collections
Montreal in fiction
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